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‘Gina G makes me mince to the dancefloor’: Owain Wyn Evans’s honest playlist

The DJ, drummer and former weatherman on buying Gangsta’s Paradise on vinyl, killing it at karaoke, and the pop belter that was robbed at Eurovision

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

‘It’s just not worth it’: is this the end of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll?

When Lizzo’s dancers accused her of misdeeds in an Amsterdam strip club, it caused outrage. So is the kind of on-tour debauchery made famous by bands like Led Zeppelin now passé?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Letters from George Harrison’s mum reveal her horror at Beatles fans

Louise Harrison wrote of her disgust at screaming fans in letters to be sold at annual Liverpool Beatles Auction

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

"I wish I'd had Rick on Cold Turkey – Clapton choked up": What happened when John Lennon hired Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to play on Double Fantasy

Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen has never hidden his admiration for The Beatles, and in 1980 he got a call from John Lennon himself

Louder · Aug 13, 2023

“We’ve had a few Floyd moments… we got a giant ghetto blaster on a boat and parked it in the harbour… we closed down an airport for six hours!” The Orb were prog all along

Accidental albums with David Gilmour and Robert Fripp aren’t the only connections Alex Paterson’s psychedelic electronic group have with the progressive genre

Louder · Aug 13, 2023

Readers reply: why are human eyes different colours?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

A beginner’s guide to doom metal in five essential albums

From Saint Vitus to Paradise Lost, this is the story of metal’s gloomiest genre distilled into just five albums

Metal Hammer · Aug 13, 2023

I don't love live shows & neither do you

I used to think I was the only one who detested attending concerts, but your actions show I'm not alone

Salon · Aug 13, 2023

Limp Bizkit review – nu-metal elders can still rock the party like it’s 1999

Fred Durst and co – whose notoriety was recently restoked by a Netflix series about Woodstock ’99 – pound out their irresistibly aggro rebel anthems with cheerful abandon

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Father of Omagh bomb victim tells of sadness over Sinead O’Connor’s death

Michael Gallagher said he had not been aware that O’Connor had recorded a version of Abba’s Chiquitita to support the victims’ families.

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023